Keep the Customer Satisfied (song)

"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
	Side A of the US single
Single by Gary Puckett
from the album The Gary Puckett Album
B-side	"No One Really Knows"
Released	January 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	2:40
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Paul Simon
Producer(s)	Richard Perry
Gary Puckett singles chronology

"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
	Side B of the US single
Song by Simon & Garfunkel
from the album Bridge over Troubled Water
A-side	"Bridge over Troubled Water"
Released	January 26, 1970
Recorded	1969
Genre	Rockabilly; folk rock;
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Paul Simon
Producer(s)	Roy Halee; Paul Simon; Art Garfunkel;

"Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from the group's fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was included as the B-side of their signature hit, "Bridge over Troubled Water". "Keep the Customer Satisfied" recounts the exhausting tours that Simon grew tired of, a similar theme to that of their earlier song, "Homeward Bound".

The label also promoted the song as an A side on a special promo-only single with the album version of "America" as the B side.

Gary Puckett cover

"Keep the Customer Satisfied" was recorded by Gary Puckett for his solo LP, The Gary Puckett Album (1971),^[2] produced by Richard Perry. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" reached No. 71 on Billboard in the winter of 1971.^[3] It reached No. 50 on the Cash Box chart,^[4] and No. 38 in Canada.^[5]

Chart performance

Puckett cover

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	71
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[4]	50
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening^[6]	28
Canada RPM Top Singles^[5]	38

Hunt cover

Chart (1970)	Peak position
UK^[7]	41

Notable cover versions

In the United Kingdom, the song charted at number 41 in February, 1970 as performed by Marsha Hunt.^[7]
The Jamaican vocal duo Bob and Marcia performed the song on their 1970 album Young, Gifted and Black.

References

^ "So Long, Simon & Garfunkel: 'Bridge over Troubled Water' at 50". 11 February 2020.
^ Rames El Desouki, The Traveller Publishing. "CVINYL.COM Vinyl Price Guide: Puckett, Gary - The Gary Puckett Album (Columbia C 30862)". Cvinyl.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Lyrics: Keep The Customer Satisfied by Gary Puckett". Top40db.net. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.
^ ^a ^b "MARSHA HUNT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

External links

Listen to "Keep the Customer Satisfied" on YouTube (Simon & Garfunkel)
Listen to "Keep the Customer Satisfied" on YouTube (Gary Puckett)

[1] "So Long, Simon & Garfunkel: 'Bridge over Troubled Water' at 50". 11 February 2020.

[2] Rames El Desouki, The Traveller Publishing. "CVINYL.COM Vinyl Price Guide: Puckett, Gary - The Gary Puckett Album (Columbia C 30862)". Cvinyl.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[Top40db.net-3] "Lyrics: Keep The Customer Satisfied by Gary Puckett". Top40db.net. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[Cash_Box-4] "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[Collectionscanada.gc.ca-5] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[6] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.

[officialcharts.com-7] "MARSHA HUNT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

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v t e Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon Art Garfunkel
Studio albums	Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Sounds of Silence Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Bookends Bridge over Troubled Water
Live albums	The Concert in Central Park Live from New York City, 1967 Old Friends: Live on Stage Live 1969
Compilation albums	Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits The Simon and Garfunkel Collection 20 Greatest Hits The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel The Best of Simon and Garfunkel Two Can Dream Alone Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel Tom & Jerry The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
Box sets	Collected Works Old Friends The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) The Collection: Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection
Soundtrack albums	The Graduate
Videos	The Concert in Central Park Old Friends: Live on Stage
Discographies	Simon & Garfunkel Art Garfunkel Paul Simon
Other	Songs recorded Paul Simon solo albums Paul Simon songs Art Garfunkel solo albums Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Desmond album)
Category

v t e Simon & Garfunkel singles
Discography List of songs recorded
Sounds of Silence	"The Sound of Silence" / "We've Got a Groovey Thing Goin'" "I Am a Rock" / "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall"
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	"Homeward Bound" / "Leaves That Are Green" "The Dangling Conversation" / "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" / "April Come She Will"
Bookends	"A Hazy Shade of Winter" / "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" "At the Zoo" / "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" "Fakin' It" / "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" "Mrs. Robinson" / "Old Friends" / "Bookends"
Bridge over Troubled Water	"The Boxer" / "Baby Driver" "Bridge over Troubled Water" / "Keep the Customer Satisfied" "Cecilia" / "The Only Living Boy in New York" "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)" / "Why Don't You Write Me"
Other singles	"America" "My Little Town" "Wake Up Little Susie"
Other songs	"Richard Cory" "Patterns" "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)" "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" "Save the Life of My Child" "Overs" "Punky's Dilemma" "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" "Voices of Old People"
Category

v t e Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Gary Puckett Kerry Chater Gary 'Mutha' Withem Dwight Bement Paul Wheatbread Barry McCoy Richard Gabriel
Studio albums	Woman, Woman Young Girl Incredible The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album
Compilations	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's Greatest Hits 10 Greatest Hits Looking Glass: A Collection A Golden Classics Edition Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Super Hits The Best of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Young Girl: The Best of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
Singles	"Woman, Woman" "Young Girl" "Lady Willpower" "Over You" "Don't Give In to Him" "This Girl Is a Woman Now" "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance" "Keep the Customer Satisfied"
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